| The Cry of an Occasion: Fiction from the Fellowship of Southern Writers Revised Edition Contributor(s): Bausch, Richard (Editor), Garrett, George (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807127841 ISBN-13: 9780807127841 Publisher: LSU Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2002 Annotation: This "smorgasbord of literary offerings" (Publishers Weekly) self-selected by its contributors -- "a long list of luminaries" (Library Journal) -- includes works by Madison Smartt Bell, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ellen Douglas, Shelby Foote, George Garrett, Allan Gurganus, Barry Hannah, William Hoffman, Madison Jones, Michael Knight, William Henry Lewis, Jill McCorkle, Lewis Nordan, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Walter Sullivan, and Allen Wier. All are affiliated with the Fellowship of Southern Writers, organized in 1989 under the inspiration of the late Cleanth Brooks for the purpose of encouraging and honoring excellence in southern letters. Each piece in The Cry of an Occasion celebrates the distinctness of southern experience, giving expression in story form to a singular episode of mind, heart, or will. Reading this exemplary collection is pure pleasure. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 00063288 |
| Physical Information: 0.51" H x 5.6" W x 8.58" (0.60 lbs) 224 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This "smorgasbord of literary offerings" (Publishers Weekly) self-selected by its contributors--"a long list of luminaries" (Library Journal)--includes works by Madison Smartt Bell, Doris Betts, Fred Chappell, Ellen Douglas, Shelby Foote, George Garrett, Allan Gurganus, Barry Hannah, William Hoffman, Madison Jones, Michael Knight, William Henry Lewis, Jill McCorkle, Lewis Nordan, Louis D. Rubin, Jr., Lee Smith, Elizabeth Spencer, Walter Sullivan, and Allen Wier. All are affiliated with the Fellowship of Southern Writers, organized in 1989 under the inspiration of the late Cleanth Brooks for the purpose of encouraging and honoring excellence in southern letters. Each piece in The Cry of an Occasion celebrates the distinctness of southern experience, giving expression in story form to a singular episode of mind, heart, or will. Reading this exemplary collection is pure pleasure. |